desamparado

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• desemparado (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zɐ̃.paˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.paˈɾa.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ̃.pɐˈɾa.du/ [dɨ.zɐ̃.pɐˈɾa.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ̃.pɐˈɾa.du/ [dɨ.zɐ̃.pɐˈɾa.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ̃.pɐˈɾa.du/

Participle

desamparado (feminine desamparada, masculine plural desamparados, feminine plural desamparadas)

1. past participle of desamparar

Adjective

desamparado (feminine desamparada, masculine plural desamparados, feminine plural desamparadas)

1. forlorn; abandoned; left behind

   Synonym: abandonado

2. lacking care, support or aid
3. forlorn (feeling miserable, especially due to loneliness)
4. unsupported (lacking a physical support)

Noun

desamparado m (plural desamparados, feminine desamparada, feminine plural desamparadas)

1. an abandoned, unsupported person

Further reading

• “desamparado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “desamparado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Participle

desamparado (feminine desamparada, masculine plural desamparados, feminine plural desamparadas)

1. past participle of desamparar